THE Super8 athletics competition due to be staged in Glasgow next week has been cancelled due to a lack of teams.

The competition, which pitches eight teams of athletes from cities across Britain against each other, had been due to take place at the Scotstoun Stadium next Thursday.

But UK Athletics said financial concerns meant a number of city councils could not guarantee their participation.

“In the current economic climate, some of the participating councils were unable to confirm their involvement in time to stage the event to the standard we have targeted and to give athletes time to plan their competition diaries,” UKA chief executive Niels de Vos said.

The Super8 was launched in Cardiff in 2009, but the inaugural event was overshadowed by a sponsorship row which saw Kelly Sotherton, Hannah England and Greg Rutherford withdrawn.